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DESTIN Fla. Tropical Smoothie Café said it is adding a line of green tea and coffee smoothies in 35 of its 275 stores with hopes of rolling out those that test successfully systemwide in the first quarter of 2009. The green tea smoothies...
SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box Inc. said this week that former Applebee’s chief executive David Goebel has joined the quick-service company’s board of directors. Goebel was well known as head of Applebee’s former parent company, Applebee’s...
SPARTANBURG S.C. More than 230 of Denny's restaurant managers have learned to think like owners and business leaders after attending week-long training programs at Denny’s University, the family-dining chain said Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting...
ST. LOUIS Hardee's said it has added two breakfast items in an effort to elevate its morning lineup the same way the chain's Thickburgers put its lunch and dinner menus on par with casual-dining competitors. The Ham & Three Cheese Burrito...
NASHVILLE Tenn. Sagittarius Brands, parent of the Del Taco and Captain D’s Seafood Kitchen chains, said Tuesday it has named Jim Lyons chief development officer. Lyons replaces C. Ronald Petty, who resigned in June as president of...
SAN DIEGO The ownership rights to the 42-year-old, family-owned Boll Weevil restaurant chain are unclear as the parent company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation earlier this month and shuttered all six corporate locations in Southern...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. David Giesen, a franchisee within the Steak Escape and Johnny Rockets systems, on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The operating companies Giesen Restaurant Enterprises LLC and Rocket Restaurant...
SAN ANTONIO Pizza Patrón, the 84-unit chain aimed at the Latino market, said Tuesday that early sales at its first store offering quicker service have broken company records. The franchise unit, which opened in August in a densely...
ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc. said it would debut its first Seasons 52 restaurant outside of the Southeast with a new unit scheduled to open next spring in Cherry Hill, N.J. The new restaurant in the city's Cherry Hill Mall will be...